Youth Service America/Youth Venture Program Invites Applications From Young Social Entrepreneurs
The Youth Service America/Youth Venture Program is a joint partnership between Youth Service America (http://www.ysa.org/) and Youth venture, Inc. (http://www.youthventure.org/) that helps youth engage in community service and develop as young social entrepreneurs. YSA Youth Venture helps make every day National & Global Youth Service Day (http://www.gysd.org/) by providing funding and support to young people (ages 12-20) across the placecountry-regionUnited States who want to create new, sustainable, civic-minded organizations, clubs, or businesses called Ventures. Ventures must be youth-led and designed to be a lasting, sustainable asset to the community; and be a new organization or a new program within an existing organization. Ventures can be school-based clubs, community organizations, or for-profit or nonprofit businesses. YSA Youth Venture teams are required to plan a National & Global Youth Service Day project every year that their Venture is operational. The YSA Youth Venture Program provides a variety of resources, including a national network of like-minded young people, media opportunities, technical support, helpful toolkits, and workshops as well as seed money grants of up to $1,000 each for start-up expenses. The YSA Youth Venture opportunity is open to individuals who are legal residents of the country-regionUnited States or placecountry-regionU.S. territory, district, or property, and between the ages of 12 and 20 years at time of entry. Proposals must be submitted using the YSA Youth Venture Action Plan format. Visit the Youth Venture Web site for complete program information and application materials.
